Ryan Gosling eats his cereal to honour Ryan McHenry, the man behind the viral memes

Most of you who know Ryan Gosling must have seen the following video at least once.

The creator of the vines behind this hilarious and viral compilation, Ryan McHenry, died on May 4th due to bone cancer. The Scottish filmmaker was just 27.

The first ‘Ryan Gosling won’t eat his cereal’ meme was created in 2013 by McHenry. As it went viral, McHenry became an online sensation, with over 247K followers on Vine and similar popularity on other social networking websites.

The cereal vine became so popular that the actor was finally forced to take notice after nearly two years.

I actually love cereal https://t.co/XzDnMGmslk

— Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) April 11, 2015

In April 2015, even BBC produced a little version of the clip during an interview with Gosling.

When the news of McHenry’s death became public, Gosling paid him a fitting tribute by posting this vine.

He even posted a heartfelt message on Twitter addressing McHenry’s family and friends.

My heart goes out to all of Ryan McHenry's family and friends. Feel very lucky to have been apart of his life in some small way.

— Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) May 5, 2015

You just won our hearts, Ryan Gosling. McHenry would have loved this. May he rest in peace.